Setting the same editing language for all text boxes and shapes on a single slide: Unfortunately, this is a bit more tricky than it sounds and not entirely possible, although the following tricks might help you. While this could be what you wanted to do, you are probably more interested in setting the language of the entire presentation. However, this will only change the default language of your selected text. Click the ‘Language’ button to the left in the Status Bar at the bottom of your PowerPoint window ( or go to the ‘Review’ tab, ‘Language’ group, click ‘Language’, select ‘Set Proofing Language’ in the drop-down menu).There are a few ways to change the text editing language in Microsoft Office PowerPoint which will set the proofing language for your spelling and grammar check. Also, you will learn how to change the language of buttons and menus, and how to install a new language. This guide will teach you how to set the text (authoring and proofing) language in a PowerPoint presentation. Indeed, if you have ever created a PowerPoint presentation in another language than the one you usually use, this has probably happened to you.
If you create PowerPoint presentations in different languages from time to time you’ll know that the language settings can change – seemingly unpredictably – as you work.
